Drum and cymbal beater



1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 www@ Jan. l, 1924 R. C. DANLY DRUMl AND CYMBAL B EATER Filed April l Jan. l,

R. C. .DANLY DRUM AND CYMBAL BEATER Filed Apri; 1. zangers-sheet 2 Patented Jan. l, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT C. DANLY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO LUDWIG LUDWIG, INC., OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

DRUM AND CYMBAL BEATER.

Application led April 1,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT C. DANLY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a cer tain new and useful Improvement in Drum and Cymbal Beaters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of drum and cymbal beater mechanisms adapted to be v operated by foot of the player, and the present improvement has for its object:

To provide a structural formation and combination of parts in a combined drum and cymbal beater mechanism, whereby the cymbal beater portion of the mechanism is adapted to be shifted into an active and into an inactive condition by the foot of the player that operates the combined beater parts, in a ready, rapid and convenient manner, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1, is a perspective view illustrating the general arrangement of parts in the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail transverse section on line 2 2, Fig. 3, illustrating the concentric arrangement of the operating shafts of the mechanism.

Fig. 3, is a top view of the mechanism, with parts broken away.

Fig. 4, is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 5, is an enlarged detail section on line 5--5, Fig. 4, of the pivot connection of the cymbal beater arm to the drum beater stem.

Fig. 6, is a detail section of the same on line 66, Fig. 5.

Like reference numerals parts in the several views.

The combined drum and cymbal beater mechanism shown in the drawings in connection with the parts and elements of the present improvement, is of the same general form and arrangement as that shown in the former Danly Patent No. 1,386,605 dated August 9, 1921.

In the drawings, 1 designates the floor or supporting base of the mechanism having at one end means for attachment to marginal hoop 2 of a bass drum, atthe oppositeend a transverse bearing for` the pivotal connection of the operating pedal 3, and near the first mentioned indicate like 1922. Serial No. 548,750.

end a post or standard 4 the upper end of which carries a transverse journal sleeve 5 for the operating shafts of the mechanism now to be described.

6 designates the main crank shaft, which 1n the present improvement is preferably' of a tubular form and has at one end a crank arm operatively connected by a connecting rod or link 7 to the pedal 3, while its other end has fixed connection with the carrying stem 8 of the drum beater head 9, as shown.4

10 designates a tension spring adapted to lmpart a. return movement to said drum beater parts after a positive movement of the same by the pedal 3.

11 designates the band cymbal supported 1n any usual manner on the hoop 2 or other suitable portion of the bass drum.

12 deslgnates the cymbal beater head, the carrying arm 12 of which is pivotally attached to the carrying stem 8 of the drum beater head 9, by means as follows 13 designates a collar secured-in an adjustable manner on the stem 8 by a clampini;l screw 13 and provided with a side disk or bearing head 14. In they construction shown, the shank of the screw 13 forms the pivot for the hub portion of the carrying arm 12 of the cymbal beater head aforesaid, while the head 14 provides bearing abutment for said hub portion.

15 designates a stop lug on the head 14, having play in a peripheral recess in the hub portion of the carrying arm 12 aforesaid, to limit the pivotal movement of the same in actual use.

16 designates a coiled spring encircling the screw 13 and attached at one end to said screw and at the other end to the hub of the arm 12, with a tendency to return the said arm to a normal position after said arm has received a positive movement in the opposite direction by the means now to be described.

17 designates a crank shaft revolubly mounted in the bore of the tubular rock shaft 6 above described, and having crank arms 18 and 19 at its respective ends.

20 designates a connecting trod extending from a lateral arm 21 on the hubportion of the carrying arm 12 aforesaid to the Icrank arm 19, and adjustably connected thereto by a binding post and screw 22.

23 designates a companion connecting rod extending from the other crank arm 19, to a cra-nh arm of an auxiliary pedal mecha-- nism now to be described.

24 `designates a roclr shaft pivoted obliquely on the under surface of the pedal 5. near the movable end thereof, and having at the end adjacent to said movable end of the pedal 3, a crank arm 25 operatively connected to the connecting rod 23 above described. At its other end the rock shaft 24 is provided with a lateral arm 26 extending upwardly at the side of the pedal 3, to constitute an auxiliary pedal, the outer end of Which has an upturned stop bend or flange 27 as shown.

With the described construction the player by a lateral shift of the forward portion of the foot used in operating the pedal 3 can engage the crank arm 25 of the auxiliary ypedal mechanism to depress the same and attain through the connections `just described a shifting movement of the cymbal beater head 11 out of alignment with the margin of the cymbal. lNit-h the removal of the players foot from said crank arm 25, the parts are adapted to return to a vnormal condition With the cymbal beater head 12 in operative alignment With the cymbal 11.

rIhis improvement differs from the construction described in my companion appli-- cation Serial No. 548,749, filed April 1, 1922, in that inA the present construction, the cymbal beater head and its carrying arm are adapted to be shifted laterally into and out of operative alignment With the margin of the cymbal, While in such companion application, the cymbal itself is moved into and out of the path of its bea-ter head.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y 1. In a drum and cymbal beater mechanism, the combination of a floor base having an upstanding post, a main pedal Ypivoted on said base, a main rock shaft journalled at the upper end of said post and operatively connected to said pedal, a carrying lstem for a drum beater head fixedly connected to said shaft, an auxiliary rock shaft mounted in associated relation to said main rock shaft, a carrying arm for a cymbal beater head movably mounted on said carrying stem of the drum` beater head, and means carried by the pedal for impartintermittent movement to the auxiliary' rock shaft and the k'carrying arm of the cymbal y beater head.

In a drum and cymbal beater mechanislm, the `combination of a floor base hav- ,ing an upstanding post, a main pedal pivoted on said base, a tubular rock shaft journalled at the upper end of said post and operatively connected to said pedal, a carrying stem for a drum beater head.. fixedly maaar/e connected to saidshaft, an auxiliary rock shaft revolubly mounted in the bore of the tubular rock shaft, a carrying arm for a cymbal beater head movably mounted on. said carrying steam of the drum beater head, and means carried by the pedal for imparting intermittent movement to the auxiliary rock shaft and the carrying arm of the cymbal beater head.

3. In a drum and cymbal beater mechanism, the combination of a fioor base having an upstanding post, a main pedal pivoted on said base, a main rock shaft journalled at the upper end of said post and operatively connected to said pedal, a carrying stem for drum beater head xedly connected to said shaft, an auxiliary rock shaft mounted in close relation to said main shaft, an auxiliary pedal mounted on the main pedal and operatively connected to the auxiliary rock shaft and a carrying arm for a cymbal beater head movably mounted on said carrying stem of the drum beater head and having operative connection with said auxiliary rock shaft.

4. In a drum and cymbal beater mechanism, the combination of a floor base hav ing an upstanding post, a main pedal piv oted on said base, a main rock shaft journalled at the upper end of said post and operatively connected to said pedal, a carrying stem for a drum beater head fixedly con nected to said shaft, an auxiliary roclr shaft mounted in close relation to said main shaft, an auxiliary pedal mounted on the main pedal and operatively connected to theauxiliary rock shaft, a carrying arm for a cymbal beater head pivotally mounted on said carrying stem of the drum beater head, and a connecting rod between said carrying arm and auxiliary rock shaft for imparting pivotal movement to the arm.

5. In a drum and cymbal beater mechanism, the combination of a floor base'having an'upstanding post, a main pedal pivoted on said base, a tubular rockV shaft journalled at the upper end of said post and operatively connected to said pedal, a carrying stem for a drum beater head fixedly connected to said shaft, an auxiliary rock shaft revolubly mounted in the borevof the tubular rock shaft, an auxiliary pedal mounted on the main pedal and operatively connected to the auxiliary rock shaft, and a carrying arm for a cymbal beater head inovably mountedon said `carrying stem of the drum beater head and having operative connection with said auxiliary vrock shaft.

6. In a drum and cymbal beater mechanism, the combination of a floor base having an upstanding post, a main pedal pivoted on said base, a tubular rock shaft' journalled at the upper end of said post and operatively connected to said pedal, a carr ing stem for va drum beater head I'ixe y connected to said shaft, an auxiliary rock shaft revolubly mounted in the bore of the tubular rock shaft, an auxiliary ,pedal mounted on the main pedal and operatively connected to the auxiliary rock shaft, a carrying arm for a cymbal beater head pivotally mounted on said carrying stem of the drum beater head, and a connecting rod between said carrying 'arm and auxiliary rock shaft for imparting pivotal movement to the arm.

7. In a drum and cymbal beater mechanism, the combination of a floor base having an upstanding post, a main pedal pivoted on said base, a tubular rock shaft journalled at the upper end of said post and operatively connected to said pedal, a carrying stem for a drum beater head fixedly connected to said shaft, an auxiliary rock shaft revolubly mounted in the bore of the tubular rock shaft, an auxiliary pedal mounted on the main pedal and operatively connected to the auxiliary rock shaft and a carrying arm for a cymbal beater head movably mounted on said carrying stem of the drum beater head and having operative connection with said auxiliary rock shaft, a spring for moving said arm in one direction, and a stop lug on one of the parts for limiting the movement of the arm.

8. In a drum and cymbal beater mechanism, the combination of a oor base having an upstanding post, a main pedal pivoted on said base, a tubular rock shaft journalled, at the upper end of said post and operatively connected to said pedal, a carrying stem for a drum beater head {ixedly connected to said shaft, an auxiliary rock shaft revolubly mounted in the bore of the tubular rock shaft, an auxiliary pedal mounted onthe main pedal and operatively connected to the auxiliary rock shaft, a carrying arm for a cymbal beater head pivotally mounted on said carrying stem of the drum beater head, a connectin rod between said carrying arm and auxiliary rock shaft for imparting movement in one direction to the arm, a spring for moving said arm in the other direction, and a stop lug on one of the parts for limiting the pivotal movement of the arm.

9. In a drum and cymbal beater mechanism, the combination of a floor base hav ing an upstanding post, a main pedal pivoted on said base, a main rock shaft journalled at the upper end of said post, a connecting rod and crank arm connection between said pedal and rock arm, a carrying stem for a drum beater head ixedly connected to said shaft, an auxiliary rock shaft mounted in close relation to said main rock shaft, an auxiliary pedal mounted on the main pedal and operatively connected to the auxiliary rock shaft, and a carrying arm for a cymbal beater head movably mounted on said carrying stem of the drum beater head and having operative connection with said auxiliary rock shaft.

10. In a drum and cymbal beater mechanism, the combination of a floor base having an upstanding post, a main pedal pivoted on said base, a tubular rock shaft journalled at the upper end of said post, a connecting rod and crank arm connection between said pedal and rock arm, a carrying stem for a drum beater head fixedly connected to said shaft` an auxiliary rock shaftrevolubly mounted in the bore of the tubular rock shaft, an auxiliary pedal mounted on the main pedal and operatively connected to the auxiliary rock shaft, and a carrying arm for a cymbal beater head pivotally mounted on said carrying stem of the drum beater head and having operative connection with said auxiliary rock shaft.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 30th day of March 1922.

ROBERT C. DANLY. 

